4Gb is ok with Standard 2003 32bit, you will not see them full, always round
3,2 to 3,5 rest will be used for hardware.

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> Brett,
>
> same laptop, if I use vista Business with SP1 on it, it can see 4GB.
> So I think the problem is in Window 2003.
>
> As my laptop can have max 4 gb memory, so there is no point for me to
> re-install everything, if microsoft is true that Window 2003 STD
> 32-bits can access 4Gb.
>
> kam
>
> "Brett I. Holcomb" wrote:
>
>> The 32 bit can address and see 4 gig. It's reading 4 gig memory in
>> 32 bits. However, at least in XP, some of that memory goes for
>> things like video cards, etc. Maybe it's the same in Server 2003.
>>
>> On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 20:52:00 -0700, Kam
>> <Kam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I added 4 GB of memory on my laptop (Lenovo T60p) and put window
>>> 2003 server std edition (32-bits) for my working and test
>>> environment.
>>>
>>> I changed the boot.ini with /PAE. the OS can only see 3GB memory.
>>>
>>> but suprisingly, after Vista Business SP1(32-bit), the machine can
>>> read 4GB. I rang IBM, the reply is 32 bits can only access 3GB
>>> memory.
>>>
>>> In microsoft, Window 2003 STD 32-bits can access 4GB memory.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know the trick to make Window 2003 std 32-bits to read 4
>>> GB memory?
>>>

You are being misled, Vista cannot use and does not use the full 4GB.
This is nothing but a cosmetic change or a smoke show in SP1, something
to shut people up. If you want to know how much memory your 32-bit
Vista can use issue the following command at an elevated command prompt:

systeminfo | findstr /c:"Total Physical"

Or look in under the Performance tab in the Task Manager.

John

Kam wrote:
> Brett,
>
> same laptop, if I use vista Business with SP1 on it, it can see 4GB.
> So I think the problem is in Window 2003.
>
> As my laptop can have max 4 gb memory, so there is no point for me to
> re-install everything, if microsoft is true that Window 2003 STD 32-bits can
> access 4Gb.
>
>
> kam
>
> "Brett I. Holcomb" wrote:
>
>
>>The 32 bit can address and see 4 gig. It's reading 4 gig memory in 32
>>bits. However, at least in XP, some of that memory goes for things
>>like video cards, etc. Maybe it's the same in Server 2003.
>>
>>On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 20:52:00 -0700, Kam <Kam@discussions.microsoft.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I added 4 GB of memory on my laptop (Lenovo T60p) and put window 2003 server
>>>std edition (32-bits) for my working and test environment.
>>>
>>>I changed the boot.ini with /PAE. the OS can only see 3GB memory.
>>>
>>>but suprisingly, after Vista Business SP1(32-bit), the machine can read 4GB.
>>>I rang IBM, the reply is 32 bits can only access 3GB memory.
>>>
>>>In microsoft, Window 2003 STD 32-bits can access 4GB memory.
>>>
>>>Does anyone know the trick to make Window 2003 std 32-bits to read 4 GB
>>>memory?
>>